Discovery May Pave Way for Immunotherapy Treatments for Prostate Cancer.

Prostate testing rates need to increase dramatically to save the 30,000 men who die each year from prostate cancer.

A pilot study of an experimental therapy for prostate cancer has found that a cancer vaccine can be safely administered to patients undergoing radiation therapy.

The vast majority of men with prostate cancer will survive the disease and enjoy a high quality of life after treatment. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men.

Prostate screens could be 'teachable moment' to encourage colon checks. What men do pay attention to is prostate cancer. And that has researchers thinking an annual prostate cancer screening might be a good opportunity to urge men to be screened for colon cancer too.

Research indicates that prostate cancer is significantly lower in Asia than in North America. In fact, less than two percent of Asian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer.

A promising new prostate cancer treatment not only provides quality of life benefits, but also offers a survival advantage for men whose cancer has metastasized, or spread to other parts of the body.

Prostate ultrasound and biopsy is performed to evaluate abnormal results of a digital rectal exam or an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Prostate ultrasound is a procedure in which a probe about the size of a finger is inserted a short distance into the rectum.\n

Having a close relative with prostate cancer is considered a risk factor for developing it yourself. In fact, hereditary prostate cancer accounts for 10 to 15 per cent of all cases and tends to develop at a relatively early age (before the age of 55). An individual who has two first-degree relatives (father and brother) with prostate cancer may be up to eight times more at risk of developing prostate cancer in his lifetime than a man with no family history.

The prostate is a doughnut-shaped cluster of glands located at the bottom of the bladder about halfway between the rectum and the base of the penis. It encircles the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out through the penis.

A combination of drugs is significantly more effective than either drug alone for preventing progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), especially in men at high risk for disease progression.

Prostatitis may account for up to 25 percent of all office visits by young and middle-aged men for complaints involving the genital and urinary systems. The term prostatitis actually encompasses four disorders.